Bulo

Bulo is a Belgian family-owned furniture company that began in 1963, when Walter Busschop designed a mobile filing pedestal and used the proceeds to start an office furniture business. Three brothers of the third generation now run it from Mechelen, where production is shared with sister company Bosq, a veneer specialist.

The H2O table, designed in 1994 by Claire Bataille and Paul Ibens and inspired by the German Pavilion at the 1928 Barcelona World’s Fair, redefined the desk as a pure four-legged table and moved Bulo from office supplier to design brand. Collections now cover tables, seating, storage and soft seating for workplaces and homes, shown in its own showrooms in London, Cologne, Amsterdam and New York.